Unable to start Node.js application on Plesk server without nginx: Execution nginx_modules_ctl has failed with exit code 1

Symptoms

• Unable to start NodeJS application from Domains > example.com > NodeJS > Enable
• No errors are displayed in Plesk Panel
• No Nginx installed on the server, only Apache is used
• The configuration made in Domains > example.com > Node.js is accurate and made in accordance with the information in How to run a simple node.js application in Plesk to test it working?

• The following error shows up when trying to enable NodeJS via CLI:

  # plesk ext nodejs --enable -domain example.com
  Execution nginx_modules_ctl has failed with exit code 1, stdout: , stderr: START nginx_modules_ctl --enable phusion-passenger
  /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/nginx-config: line 272: /usr/sbin/nginx: No such file or directory
  Nginx configuration after enable of 'phusion-passenger' is in invalid state, rollback the change

Cause

This happens due to an identified bug with ID EXTNODEJS-327 which will be fixed in the future releases of NodeJS extension.

Resolution

Until a fix is released the following workaround can be used: